browncossyDan

ive recently sold my cossie and bought a focus rs and i love or did till now lol! a couple of weeks ago it i had trouble starting it, i pressed the start button and nothin happened i did it a few times then it worked but the starter motor made a funny noise and it had been ok but makin the noise every time i started it so i thought the starter motor was on its way out so ordered a new one then wednesday it didnt want to do anything again so got the new starter motor fitted but it still does nothing when you press the button. ive checked the start button and the relay i think is for the starter motor and it seems fine but still does nothing when you press the start button. it bump starts fine and drives as normal!! any ideas anyone cheers. Dan.

Bullett

iTrader: (2)

sell it and buy a cossie again dan

lol. cant help on the prob though

browncossyDan

no way i'd sell my mum first. i got to give it a chance. its a ford so new or old its guna break and theres no way im getting another cossie! maybe another series 1 if the focus does give me to much grief but at the mo i love the focus rs.

stevecossy

Have ya checked the main earth cable to engine and to the body mate? It was that on mine evan thou its not frs but could be summat simple. Also sounds daft but check all fuses and cable from battery to starter. Good luck.

browncossyDan

cheers mate but the engine earths seem ok i checked em on saturday. theres no power getting to the starter motor relay or intercooler pump relay but the relays work and the start button is working its a mystery!! its odd because the wiring diagram shows it coming straight from the battery through a 30 amp fuse and thats fine. the wiring diagram shows 2 pcm's (power control modules) i think it might be something to with 1 of them but god knows where they are. fords said its probably my ecu im not impressed!!!!

stevecossy

Ok maybe ya can try giving Puma build a call as they know alot about frs. And they are a great car too, stick to the road like shit to a blanket. Good lucky.

browncossyDan

phoned pumabuild and they have never heard of anything like it!! nobody seems to of seen this problem before, ive got a gut feeling its ecu. its beginning to really start getting frustrating now lol someone come and fix it for me!!

stevecossy

Damn mate your having about as much luck as me with my 4x4 saff cossy, One day it just decided to die when warm but ok from cold, so i replaced ect sensor which we all know can cause this but No still same.
Now ive replaced ect, ats, map, phase, plugs,leads, coil, and checked all resistences/voltages etc, But f##k me still the same, had local turbo guy on it and he says its now the fuel pump not giving enough pressure.
So thats a job for this w end, and also check voltage to pump as could be rewire job, its been 2 months now and im about ready to push the f###er off 1 of the mountains here lol.
Hope you have more luck than me mate, what about an auto electrician maybe they could find summat. Or try the awkward job of tracing the full circuit from ignition to battery/ starter etc. Sounds strange that the ecu has summat to do with the starter but we all know fords lol. Good luck buddy. steve

browncossyDan

its looking more and more like ecu and that last post was me not knowing!! theres 1 pcm it is the ecu lol!! the dude that looks after my cars when i dont know what im doin is an oldskool mechanic/autoelectrician but is better with the older stuff but he'l sort it eventually! i no all about wiring in cossies mate. my last car was a magenta 4x4 hence my name as someone said to me once 'i never knew cossie came in brown' haha! it caught fire next to the 2 ecus behind the glovebox, was 1 of those bundle of relays and i chaned the entire wiring loom myself and that was fun but everything worked and was better than before!! you'll sort it!

fraser9764

iTrader: (3)

sounds like its the ecu, do you know anyone nearby who you could swap with to see if it starts?

browncossyDan

not that simple mate being a modern ford its uses the pats immobiliser thing where it recognises the key and each ecu is programmed to each car! will find out next week the dude looking at it has been busy the last few days but he'll find out and prove whatever it is when he gets back on it!! even my cossie didnt go this wrong lol.

stevecossy

Good luck with it mate hope its a simple fix. Mine done now it was the fuel pump, Fitted new uprated 1 on fri and she runs great now, just av t get co checked before opening her up. Cheers steve

browncossyDan

how fcukin funny is this!! my cars fixed or seems to be and all it was some nobjocky either me or my mate had taken out a relay and put it back in the wrong place as there are a few gaps for extras in the fuse boxes if u know what i mean!! what an idiot aint i haha

stevecossy

THe main thing is its fixed m8, well spotted tho. Happy driving.
Regards steve